Partner with delivery and finance teams to manage contractual levers affecting revenue, cost, profitability, and compliance.
Prepare reports and documentation in accordance with contract management processes and project requirements.
Sales & Business Support
Support pre-award sales activities, including reviewing RFPs, preparing contractual responses, drafting commercial schedules, and participating in contract negotiations.
Provide commercial guidance to business stakeholders to support strategic decision-making and successful client engagements.
Develop a strong understanding of Accenture's service offerings and associated commercial considerations.
Stakeholder Management
Build trusted relationships with internal business leaders, legal teams, finance, procurement, delivery teams, and client counterparts.
Provide day-to-day contract management support to client engagement teams.
Demonstrate the value of the contract management function through proactive partnership and commercial advice.
Leadership & Team Development
Lead or participate in contract management activities across assigned projects, accounts, or portfolios.
Supervise, mentor, and coach junior contract management professionals.
Support performance management, capability development, and knowledge sharing within the contract management team.
Contribute to the development and delivery of commercial and contract management training.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Commerce, Finance, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in commercial contract management, preferably involving complex, high-value, or high-risk engagements.
Experience managing contracts across the full contract lifecycle, including drafting, negotiation, execution, change management, and contract administration.
Strong understanding of commercial contracting principles, contract management processes, and subcontracting practices.
Basic understanding of legal principles relating to commercial agreements and contract management.
Experience identifying contractual risks and implementing appropriate mitigation strategies.
Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including legal, finance, procurement, sales, delivery teams, and clients.
Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Excellent organizational, prioritization, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting technology, consulting, outsourcing, or professional services contracts.
Experience leading or mentoring contract management professionals.
Membership or certification with the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM/WorldCC), National Contract Management Association (NCMA), or equivalent professional body.
Experience working in a global, multicultural environment with cross-border stakeholders
Personal Attributes
Strong commercial mindset with sound business judgment.
Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills.
Ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior executives and clients.
Collaborative, adaptable, and solutions-oriented.
Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
Committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
Work Requirements
Willingness to travel occasionally, as business needs require.
Ability to work across multiple geographies and time zones in a global organization.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com
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